BM# 51 -- Baking Marathon: Day 18
Bake of the Day: Celebration Cakes -- Eggless Dulche de Leche Cake
After yesterday's giant chocolate chip cookie, I made this Dulche de leche cake for my son's birthday that weekend. My husband travels on business to Argentina frequently and gets this amazing local dulche de leche from there which I use in all kinds of different desserts, like this creme caramel and this yummy cake. You can make your own dulche de leche at home or you can buy the canned variety or you can use just regular condensed milk (it will taste different but it will still be good).
This is an eggless cake and is sweetened with just the dulche de leche. I always tell myself not to experiment a new recipe for a party. But I always do that -- I'm too bad that planning ahead of time.
So I made this cake for the first time for the party and it turned out a little dense and dry to my liking. I had a feeling this was going to happen because the batter was thick and it didn't seem right. Well I just went ahead with it and the cake did turn out a little dense. I should have doused the cake with some sugar syrup before frosting but didn't -- this is the trick I learnt after the fact. Well anyway, everyone seemed to like the cake even with all my complaints -- it was all gone by the end of the night.
But I wanted to tweak the recipe a little -- add more liquid and a little more leavening action. I made the recipe again, but this time made cupcakes instead of a full size cake. The cupcakes turned out moist and delicious.
I used a dulche de leche frosting on the first cake and a chocolate ganache frosting on the second cake. I'll try to give the frosting recipes later.
[wpurp-searchable-recipe]Eggless Dulche de Leche Cake - A delicious cake made with dulche de leche. - All purpose flour, Baking powder, Baking soda, Salt, stick Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled, about 1¾ cups Dulche de Leche - (Can also use 14oz. can of sweetened condensed milk), Milk (I use soy milk), Apple cider vinegar, Pure vanilla extract, Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 2 8" or 9" cake pans and line them with parchment. Grease the parchment as well.; Add vinegar to milk and set aside to curdle.; In a mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.; In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter and dulche de leche until well mixed. Next add the milk and vanilla extract, mix well.; Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix till combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pans.; Bake for 25~30 minutes (20~24 minutes for cupcakes) or until a cake tester or tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack and once completely cooled, frost & enjoy!!; [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
Eggless Dulche de Leche Cake
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups Almond Milk*
- 1 tablespoon Apple cider vinegar
- 3 cups All purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 Stick Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled (8 tablespoons or ½ cup)
- 1 cup Dulche de Leche
- 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 2 8″ or 9″ cake pans or 1 9"x13" baking pan° and line them with parchment. Grease the parchment as well.
- Add vinegar to milk and set aside to curdle.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter and dulche de leche until well mixed. Next add the milk and vanilla extract, mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix till combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake for 25~30 minutes (20~24 minutes for cupcakes) or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack and once completely cooled, frost & enjoy!!
Notes
- Ay non-dairy (oat, soy) or regular dairy milk can be used.
- Substitute dulce de leche with equal amount of sweetened condensed milk.
- High altitude alterations:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Reduce baking powder to 1¼ teaspoons and baking soda to ¾ teaspoon.
- Bake for 25~27 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center, comes out clean.
Nivedhanams Sowmya
OMG that first click is breathtaking.. Awesome
Usha Rao
Both the cake and the cupcakes look delicious and no wonder the cake disappeared by end of the night.
Suma Gandlur
The first version also doesn't look dry but the second one looks more moist than the first version. Both do look delicious.
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
Awesome looking cake, Pavani. Love the crumb and texture. Blessings to the birthday boy!
Rajani S
I have learnt that many a times, we are the only ones who notice the flaw. Everyone else is just happy to eat the cake. We bring it to the attention that the crumb is dense. Funny, isn't it? Anyway, now you have learnt the syrup trick, but here, coke would have suited well too, I guess. Cola and milkmaid give amazingly soft cakes and yours already have dulce de leche. Try adding coke/fanta for the liquid and you might be amazed at the result!
Srivalli
Wow Pavani, I love both the versions..and have been planning to bake a cake with dulche de leche frosting!...bookmarked..
Srivalli
btw I hope this recipe is with more liquid that you mentioned right?
Nalini's Kitchen
Wow!!!the cake looks gorgeous..As Suma said the cake doesn't look dry but the cup cakes turned out so moist and love the frosting of both..
Priya Suresh
Wish i get some muffins eventhough that cake slice is irresistible, beautiful frosting.. Now u r tempting to try this dulche de leche cake.
Varadas Kitchen
The cake looks great with the awesome frosting. The cupcakes are cute too.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan
superb.. love the softness and of course the icing. great yaar
Saras
Beautiful Pictures Pavani!! no words to describe.. Cake and cupcakes are sooo good..
Kalyani
my husband loves dulche de leche cake .. and thank u for an eggless recipe .. am not sure I will frost , but he wud love the layered cake
Gayathri's Cook Spot
They look stunning Pavani. It is always the baker who feels that the cake has problems. Even I have experienced it too m any times while others are happy with the bake.
Priya Srinivasan
Absolutely gorgeous!!! what a cake, and that texture is amazing pavani!!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
The cake just looks marvelous 🙂 I am so tempted to make these!
Pavani N
Yes Valli, this is the updated recipe. Hope you try it out 🙂